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• EU regulators ask for feedback on state aid for broadband

  By Jennifer Baker | 01 June, 2012 14:45

  Europe's lawmakers have asked for feedback on its proposed new rules on allocating state aid to fund broadband networks.

• Analysis: How Facebook could integrate with iOS, OS X

  By Lex Friedman | 31 May, 2012 19:45

  Speaking at the All Things D conference, Apple CEO Tim Cook essentially sent Facebook a friend request. "I think the [Apple-Facebook] relationship is very solid," Cook said. "We have great respect for them. I think we can do more with them."

• Google now highlights censored search terms for users in China

  By Michael Kan | 01 June, 2012 05:22

  Google on Thursday began helping users in China navigate the country's strict censorship systems by highlighting search terms that will likely result in page errors, as part of an update to the company's search engine. But the new feature could be arriving too late to help the search giant improve its presence in the country, according to one analyst.

• NTT DoCoMo shows tablet-based virtual shared spaces, two-way clear touchscreen

  By Jay Alabaster | 01 June, 2012 01:44

  NTT DoCoMo, Japan's largest mobile operator, is developing a new platform that allows two remote tablet users to explore and share a virtual space.

• Ellison: Next version of Oracle database set for December or January release

  By Chris Kanaracus | 31 May, 2012 20:59

  The next version of Oracle's database will be released in either December or January, CEO Larry Ellison said during an onstage interview at the AllThingsD conference in London.

• Salesforce.com's Desk.com service adding multilingual support

  By Chris Kanaracus | 31 May, 2012 20:19

  Salesforce.com's Desk.com service is about to add multilingual support to the cloud-based help-desk software, the company said Thursday.

• US tech leaders fear proposed Internet regulations, taxes at ITU meeting

  By Grant Gross | 31 May, 2012 19:29

  A meeting of the United Nations' International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in December could lead to broad new regulations of the Internet, including per-click taxes, if U.S. and other delegations don't work hard to oppose proposals, U.S. officials and Internet governance experts told lawmakers Thursday.

• Five EU countries taken to court for failing to implement cookie law

  By Jennifer Baker | 31 May, 2012 12:40

  Europe's top regulatory authority is taking five E.U. countries to court for failing to implement so-called cookie laws.

• Megaupload asks US court to dismiss indictment, cites jurisdiction

  By John Ribeiro | 31 May, 2012 05:15

  Megaupload cannot be brought within the jurisdiction of a federal court in Virginia for criminal proceedings without its consent, as federal rules do not contemplate service of a criminal summons on a wholly foreign corporation without an agent or offices in the U.S., its lawyers said in a filing on Wednesday.

• Microsoft launches Office 365 edition for US government customers

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 30 May, 2012 19:13

  Microsoft has released a government-specific edition of its Office 365 cloud-based email and collaboration suite that offers U.S. public-sector customers a cordoned-off data center infrastructure just for them.

• Cisco: Global 'Net traffic to surpass 1 zettabyte in 2016

  By Grant Gross | 30 May, 2012 18:31

  Global Internet Protocol traffic will reach an annual rate of 1.3 zettabytes in 2016 as more people connect more devices and download more video over the Internet, according to Cisco Systems.

• Menlo Park city council advances Facebook expansion plans

  By Cameron Scott | 30 May, 2012 18:12

  The Menlo Park, California, city council voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve Facebook's plan to expand its headquarters in the city, pending a final procedural vote at its next meeting on June 5.

• TED head: Online video, education platform are the future

  By Jay Alabaster | 30 May, 2012 07:49

  The head of TED, the organizer of conferences around brainy presentations on a wide variety of subjects, says online video will continue to play a central role for the group and he has high hopes for its new education platform.

• Rumored Facebook purchase of Face.com spotlights facial recognition technology

  By Cameron Scott | 30 May, 2012 00:52

  Whether or not Facebook acquires facial recognition services provider Face.com, as rumors say it will, the persistence of the speculation calls attention to the expanding use of the technology in social applications.

• San Francisco website TaskRabbit expands in the US, London in its sights

  By Kerry Davis | 29 May, 2012 21:12

  Cynthia De Acha didn't know that she could buy fresh New England lobsters in Silicon Valley, but thanks to a recent delivery to a Google executive, she's becoming aware of all kinds of previously hidden corners of the San Francisco Bay Area.